manual_teachbooks/book/installation-and-setup/copyright/recommendations.md

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Recommendations

This page collects best bractices used by TeachBooks collaborators, along with explanations for why we do it that way. We try to present a standard way of referencing material and attributing authors clearly; however, this can vary widely based on your own content, book setup and discipline.

This page is focused primarily on file formats and open content relevant to Jupyer Books. That means content written primarily in _text files_ (e.g., .md, .ipynb, etc.) that are shared with an open license and used to create a website (e.g., HTML files).

The recommendations illustrate:

1. How you can set up your own book, and
2. An efficient and consistent approach to transparently include and reference the content of other authors.

This is important not only to properly attribute content in your book, but it can also be a useful way for you as an author to remember which material you have used in your book and find or update it later if changes are needed.